Filipina-American singer J. Rey Soul, who joined the group in 2018, is also credited as a lead artist.
[1] "Mamacita" marks the second release from the Black Eyed Peas since signing to their new label Epic Records, after "Ritmo (Bad Boys For Life)" with J Balvin.
[4] Goldstein in an interview with Variety explained the decision of the song sounds and the use of Madonna's sample:[5] In Reggaeton and in Arabic music, there are a few patterns that are the same: the tones and frequencies may be different, but the actual notes, on some of them, are the in the same spots on the scale.
[6] A.D. Amorosi of Variety wrote that the semple of "La Isla Bonita" figured as "a master stroke of pop mimicry" with the featured artist "help turn the torrid track into something graceful and gritty".
[7] Gary Suarez, reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, focused on the featured artist, writing that "ostensibly Fergie’s replacement, J. Rey Soul brings a higher caliber of vocal talent" and that she works as a "complementary presence alongside Ozuna on “Mamacita” in particular doing much needed damage control on behalf of a group so clearly out of its element".